Hi Carol,
This is Janice I have PD dx in Oct of 97. I was on the Sinemet drug and
it worked for me. I went to a new Doc and which is a movement disorder sp.
She told me that I was psychosomatic I asked her how that could be when I am
a very up beat person. I have no stress in my life I do not want to be sick.
I have very out going and positive attitude. She told me that I did not
know that for sure. My massage therapist was there and told me later that
the Doc is off the wall for she is able to cause tremors sometimes when she
works on me and she can also cause muscle spasms. Is this true. I have had a
positive attitude towards this PD and have even tried to tell myself that I
did not have it and tried to think it away. It did not work. My husband is
very upset at the Doc said I am not that kind of person. I am very
independent do not like any one helping me do anything. I feel if I wanted
to be sick for attention I would pick something else besides this. Please
let me know what you might think. Janice 51/50/46
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From: Carole Hercun <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, June 06, 1999 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: The Pope,PD,& Sinemet
> #1. This is my last comment on Pope John Paul 11 and his lack of
> acknowledgment of his Parkinson's Disease. I happen to also be
> Catholic, recognize Pope John Paul as a man both holy and courageous,
> and am certainly not biased against Catholicism. I have also been
> through much of the literature and all over the internet(astounded to
> find the Vatican had a web page) and find no acknowledgment of the Pope
> having this disease. They will talk about his intestinal polyp but not
> his Parkinson's. Perhaps because PD is a BRAIN disease and there is
> still a stigma attached to a "mental" illness? I say this also from the
> prospective of a psychiatric nurse. What do you think?
>
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> #2- To Kathryn-one of the ways to test for PD is the patient's
> responsiveness, or lack thereof, to Sinement. Carole
> 52/51/?45
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